List of non-governmental organizations in Thailand
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This is a list of charitable
projects and non-governmental organization
s working in Thailand
or connected with Thailand
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Charity (practice)
The practice of charity means the voluntary giving of help to those in need who are not related to the giver.- Etymology :The word "charity" entered the English language through the Old French word "charité" which was derived from the Latin "caritas".Originally in Latin the word caritas meant...
projects and non-governmental organization
Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations , and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are...
s working in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
or connected with Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
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Community Development
- Asia FoundationAsia FoundationThe Asia Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization professing a commitment to "development of a peaceful, prosperous, just, and open Asia-Pacific region." The Foundation supports Asian initiatives to improve governance, law, and civil society; women’s empowerment; economic reform...
- ActionAidActionAidActionAid was founded in 1972 as a child sponsorship charity when 88 UK supporters sponsored 88 children in India and Kenya, the focus primarily being to provide children with an education. Global accounts are now reported in Euros and in 2007 and 2008 turnover was close to 180m Euros...
- Adventist Development and Relief AgencyAdventist Development and Relief AgencyThe Adventist Development and Relief Agency International is a humanitarian agency operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the purpose of providing individual and community development and disaster relief...
(ADRA) - American Refugee CommitteeAmerican Refugee CommitteeThe American Refugee Committee is an international nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that has provided humanitarian assistance and training to millions of beneficiaries over the last 30 years....
- Andaman DiscoveriesAndaman DiscoveriesAndaman Discoveries is a community-based development project of North Andaman Tsunami Relief , a non-profit organization based in Thailand that provides assistance to tsunami-affected villages in the north Andaman Sea region...
- Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and ProjectsCanadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and ProjectsCanadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects - humanitarian non-profit organization for promoting cooperation, volunteer activities, youth initiatives, charity projects throughout the world...
- CARE International Thailand
- Caritas International Thailand
- Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and RefugeesCatholic Office for Emergency Relief and RefugeesCatholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees is a private non-profit organization, established by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Thailand in 1978....
(COERR) - Cooperazione e Sviluppo
- Department for International DevelopmentDepartment for International DevelopmentThe Department For International Development is a United Kingdom government department with a Cabinet Minister in charge. It was separated from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1997. The goal of the department is "to promote sustainable development and eliminate world poverty". The current...
- Development and Education Programme for Daughters and Communities Center (DEPDC)
- European Commission Humanitarian OfficeECHO (European Commission)The Humanitarian Aid department of the European Commission , formerly known as the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office, is the European Commission's department for overseas humanitarian aid...
(ECHO) - Food and Agriculture OrganizationFood and Agriculture OrganizationThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and...
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) - Heifer Project International
- Jesuit Refugee ServiceJesuit Refugee ServiceThe Jesuit Refugee Service is an international Catholic organization that aids refugees, forcibly displaced peoples, and asylum seekers. JRS operates at national and regional levels. Founded in November, 1980 as a work of the Society of Jesus, JRS was officially registered on March 19, 2000 in...
(JRS) Thailand - Peace CorpsPeace CorpsThe Peace Corps is an American volunteer program run by the United States Government, as well as a government agency of the same name. The mission of the Peace Corps includes three goals: providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand US culture, and helping...
Thailand - Plan International
- Rotary club of Pattaya
- United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
- USAID
- World Food Program
- National Catholic Commission on Migration (NCCM)
- Warm Heart Foundation
Education and Children
- ActionAidActionAidActionAid was founded in 1972 as a child sponsorship charity when 88 UK supporters sponsored 88 children in India and Kenya, the focus primarily being to provide children with an education. Global accounts are now reported in Euros and in 2007 and 2008 turnover was close to 180m Euros...
Thailand - Adventist Development and Relief AgencyAdventist Development and Relief AgencyThe Adventist Development and Relief Agency International is a humanitarian agency operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the purpose of providing individual and community development and disaster relief...
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) - Anglo-Thai FoundationAnglo-Thai FoundationThe Anglo-Thai Foundation is UK Registered charity No. 1000093, and makes annual grants to bright schoolchildren from the poorest families in Isaan to ensure they are able to attend school and complete the education provided by the state.The children are chosen by the head teachers of their...
- Asia FoundationAsia FoundationThe Asia Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization professing a commitment to "development of a peaceful, prosperous, just, and open Asia-Pacific region." The Foundation supports Asian initiatives to improve governance, law, and civil society; women’s empowerment; economic reform...
- Baan GerdaBaan GerdaBaanGerda is a humanitarian non-profit organization that looks after AIDS orphans in Thailand. It is a project of the Bangkok-based Children's Rights Foundation. The small village community cares for over 70 children that were born with HIV and whose parents died of Aids...
home for AIDS orphans in Lopburi - Baan UnrakBaan UnrakBaan Unrak village is a non-profit humanitarian organization that supports children and single mothers in Sangkhlaburi, Thailand. It incorporates the Baan Unrak Children’s home, Primary School, and community development projects such as a weaving center where single mothers make handicrafts and...
- Bangkok Post ScholarshipsBangkok PostThe Bangkok Post is a broadsheet, English-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. The first issue was sold on August 1, 1946. It had four pages and cost 1 baht, a considerable amount at the time....
- Camillian social center in RayongCamillian social center in RayongThe Camillian social center in Rayong is a charitable institution in Thailand, established in 1995 by Saint Camillus Foundation and an Italian priest, Father Giovanni Contarin....
, operated by Saint Camillus FoundationSaint Camillus FoundationThe Saint Camillus Foundation of Thailand is a charitable organization in Thailand, set up and run by the Camillian monastic order.In 1995, the Foundation with the participation of an Italian priest Father Giovanni Contarin established a Camillian Social Centre in the Province of Rayong... - Camillian Home for Children Living with Disabilities Saint Camillus FoundationSaint Camillus FoundationThe Saint Camillus Foundation of Thailand is a charitable organization in Thailand, set up and run by the Camillian monastic order.In 1995, the Foundation with the participation of an Italian priest Father Giovanni Contarin established a Camillian Social Centre in the Province of Rayong...
- Caritas International Thailand
- Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and RefugeesCatholic Office for Emergency Relief and RefugeesCatholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees is a private non-profit organization, established by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Thailand in 1978....
(COERR) - Child Watch PhuketChild Watch PhuketChild Watch Phuket – humanitarian non-profit organization in Thailand, fighting against child abuse and exploitation. Founded and based in Phuket...
- Child Workers in AsiaChild Workers in AsiaChild Workers in Asia - association of about 70 non-governmental organizations and groups, defending rights of children in the sphere of child labour in 14 countries...
- Child's DreamChild's DreamChild's Dream is a non-profit charity organization for helping underprivileged children in the Mekong subregion, incorporated in Canton Zurich, Switzerland, and based in Chiang Mai, Thailand...
- For Life, with support of Christian Care Foundation for Children with DisabilitiesChristian Care Foundation for Children with DisabilitiesChristian Care Foundation for Children with Disabilities - non-governmental organization in Thailand. Established in 1986 by Christian Outreach for Relief & Development , UK. Located in Nonthaburi, north of Bangkok....
- Compassion InternationalCompassion InternationalCompassion International is a Christian child sponsorship organization dedicated to the long-term development of children living in poverty around the world. Compassion International, headquartered in Colorado Springs, functions in 26 countries such as Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Haiti, Kenya, and...
- Development and Education Programme for Daughters and Communities Center (DEPDC)
- End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual PurposesECPATECPAT is an international non-governmental organisation and network headquartered in Thailand which is designed to end commercial sexual exploitation of children...
(ECPATECPATECPAT is an international non-governmental organisation and network headquartered in Thailand which is designed to end commercial sexual exploitation of children...
) International - FACEFaceThe face is a central sense organ complex, for those animals that have one, normally on the ventral surface of the head, and can, depending on the definition in the human case, include the hair, forehead, eyebrow, eyelashes, eyes, nose, ears, cheeks, mouth, lips, philtrum, temple, teeth, skin, and...
(Fight Against Child ExploitationFight Against Child ExploitationCoalition to Fight Against Child Exploitation is a non-governmental organization in Thailand. Founded in 1995 by active participation of UN agencies, The Ecumenical Coalition on Third World Tourism , and other institutions in order to fight against child sexual exploitation and other forms of...
) - Foundation For ChildrenFoundation For ChildrenFoundation For Children - non-profit and non-governmental organization helping children in Thailand. Founded in 1978 and based in Bangkok....
- Isara FoundationIsaraIsara Charity Foundation is an international charity organization with projects based out of Nong Khai, Thailand. Isara's projects are primarily focused on education, but also extend to safety and environmental awareness.-Mission:...
- Mercy International FoundationMercy International FoundationMercy International Foundation is a charitable organization supporting needy children and young people in Thailand. It was established in 1985 by Rob and Jean Dunk with the assistance of their christian church in Brisbane....
, Christian - Mercy Ministries FoundationMercy MinistriesMercy Ministries is an international, Evangelical, charismatic, Christian, charitable organization that offers a long-term residential program for young women aged 13–28 who struggle with various "life controlling" issues...
- OpenmindProjects- BINGOOpenmindProjects- Volunteering AbroadOpenmindProjects , located in Nong Khai Province, Thailand is a developmental aid organisation focused helping communities in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Nepal by the creation and management of ground roots projects in the areas of e-learning, education and environment...
- Plan International Thailand Foundation
- Saint Theresa's Boarding Centre, run by Redemptorists
- Sarnelli House, for children affected or infected by HIV in Nongkhai
- Sister Joan Evans
- SOS Children's Village Thailand
- The Human Development FoundationThe Human Development FoundationThe Human Development Foundation , also referred to as the Mercy Centre, is a non-profit and non-denominational organization in Bangkok, Thailand...
- Occupational training, by UNICEF
- United Nations Children's FundUnited Nations Children's FundUnited Nations Children's Fund was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II...
(UNICEF) - Volunteers in Asia
- World Vision Foundation of ThailandWorld VisionWorld Vision, founded in the USA in 1950, is an evangelical relief and development organization whose stated goal is "to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good news of the Kingdom of...
- Youth With A MissionYouth With A MissionYouth With A Mission is an international, inter-denominational, non-profit Christian missionary organization...
- YWCA Pak KretYWCAThe YWCA USA is the United States branch of a women's membership movement that strives to create opportunities for women's growth, leadership and power in order to attain a common vision—to eliminate racism and empower women. The YWCA is a non-profit organization, the first of which was founded in...
- McKean Rehabilitation Centre, formerly a leper's colony
- Mercy Center (Pattaya)
- The Alliance for Safe ChildrenThe Alliance for Safe ChildrenThe Alliance for Safe Children is a non-profit organization formed in 2002 to address the issue of child injury in the developing world. The founder is Pete Peterson, former United States Ambassador to Vietnam. Michael Linnon is the technical director.TASC works in cooperation with other...
- The Bangkok PostBangkok PostThe Bangkok Post is a broadsheet, English-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. The first issue was sold on August 1, 1946. It had four pages and cost 1 baht, a considerable amount at the time....
Newspaper Foundation - The Daughter's Education Programme (DEPDC), saving girls from the sex trade
- Warm Heart Foundation
Elderly
- Adventist Development and Relief AgencyAdventist Development and Relief AgencyThe Adventist Development and Relief Agency International is a humanitarian agency operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the purpose of providing individual and community development and disaster relief...
(ADRA) - Memorial CamillianCamilliansThe Camillians or Ministers to the Sick are a Roman Catholic religious order of the type of Regular Clerks, founded by Saint Camillus de Lellis. A red cross was chosen by Camillus as the distinguishing badge for the members of the Order to wear upon their black cassocks...
Sisters Foundation
Environment
- Plant A Tree Today FoundationPlant A Tree Today FoundationThe Plant A Tree Today Foundation is a non-governmental environmental organization with primary operations in Thailand and Indonesia. Established in 2005, PATT attempts to raise environmental awareness and foster better practices in less developed nations around the world, planting trees as a...
- Wildlife Fund Thailand
HIV/AIDS
- Baan GerdaBaan GerdaBaanGerda is a humanitarian non-profit organization that looks after AIDS orphans in Thailand. It is a project of the Bangkok-based Children's Rights Foundation. The small village community cares for over 70 children that were born with HIV and whose parents died of Aids...
home for AIDS orphans in Lopburi - Camillian social center in RayongCamillian social center in RayongThe Camillian social center in Rayong is a charitable institution in Thailand, established in 1995 by Saint Camillus Foundation and an Italian priest, Father Giovanni Contarin....
- Sarnelli House
- Thai Red Cross Society, the AIDS Project
- The Human Development FoundationThe Human Development FoundationThe Human Development Foundation , also referred to as the Mercy Centre, is a non-profit and non-denominational organization in Bangkok, Thailand...
- Pearl S. BuckPearl S. BuckPearl Sydenstricker Buck also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu , was an American writer who spent most of her time until 1934 in China. Her novel The Good Earth was the best-selling fiction book in the U.S. in 1931 and 1932, and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932...
International (Thailand)
Medical assistance
- Adventist Development and Relief AgencyAdventist Development and Relief AgencyThe Adventist Development and Relief Agency International is a humanitarian agency operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the purpose of providing individual and community development and disaster relief...
(ADRA) - ANESVAD FoundationANESVAD FoundationANESVAD Foundation - non-profit and non-governmental organization, which supports health and social development projects in Asia, Latin America and Africa. Established in 1968 in Bilbao, Spain....
- Saint Camillus FoundationSaint Camillus FoundationThe Saint Camillus Foundation of Thailand is a charitable organization in Thailand, set up and run by the Camillian monastic order.In 1995, the Foundation with the participation of an Italian priest Father Giovanni Contarin established a Camillian Social Centre in the Province of Rayong...
, runs Camillian HospitalCamillian HospitalCamillian Hospital - small private hospital in Bangkok , founded by catholic missionaries - camillians in 1956... - Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and RefugeesCatholic Office for Emergency Relief and RefugeesCatholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees is a private non-profit organization, established by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Thailand in 1978....
(COERR) - Camillian social center in RayongCamillian social center in RayongThe Camillian social center in Rayong is a charitable institution in Thailand, established in 1995 by Saint Camillus Foundation and an Italian priest, Father Giovanni Contarin....
- Caritas International Thailand
- Jesuit Refugee ServiceJesuit Refugee ServiceThe Jesuit Refugee Service is an international Catholic organization that aids refugees, forcibly displaced peoples, and asylum seekers. JRS operates at national and regional levels. Founded in November, 1980 as a work of the Society of Jesus, JRS was officially registered on March 19, 2000 in...
Thailand - Médecins Sans FrontièresMédecins Sans Frontières' , or Doctors Without Borders, is a secular humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland...
- Thai Red Cross SocietyThai Red Cross SocietyThe Thai Red Cross Society is the major humanitarian organisation in Thailand, providing services as part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement...
The Disabled
- Adventist Development and Relief AgencyAdventist Development and Relief AgencyThe Adventist Development and Relief Agency International is a humanitarian agency operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the purpose of providing individual and community development and disaster relief...
(ADRA) - Caritas International Thailand
- Christian Foundation for the Blind in ThailandChristian Foundation for the Blind in ThailandChristian Foundation for the Blind in Thailand is a non-profit charitable organization helping blind people in Thailand. It was founded in 1978 by Prayat Punong-ong, a blind man who taught 13 blind children in a rental house in Khon Kaen Province....
- Christian Care Foundation for Children with DisabilitiesChristian Care Foundation for Children with DisabilitiesChristian Care Foundation for Children with Disabilities - non-governmental organization in Thailand. Established in 1986 by Christian Outreach for Relief & Development , UK. Located in Nonthaburi, north of Bangkok....
Women
- Asia FoundationAsia FoundationThe Asia Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization professing a commitment to "development of a peaceful, prosperous, just, and open Asia-Pacific region." The Foundation supports Asian initiatives to improve governance, law, and civil society; women’s empowerment; economic reform...
- International Rescue CommitteeInternational Rescue CommitteeThe International Rescue Committee is a leading nonsectarian, nongovernmental international relief and development organization based in the United States, with operations in over 40 countries...